2 Apr
2024
2 Apr
'24
12:17 p.m.
On 4/2/2024 11:01 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 4/2/24 00:03, Just Kant via cctalk wrote:
I have had lots of stuff taken out by lightening. Even when it
wasn't particularly close but hit a power line as much as a mile
away.
On a much more interesting note, I used to live in a cute little
farmhouse in New Windsor, NY. Our power came in a a line that
hung across the vacant lot next to me. About 500 yards. We took
a direct hit on that line one night. Dog got shocked by pulse
came thru the stone floor of the mud room. A TRS-80 was toast.
A modem was toast. TV and a few other household items. There
was a Terak 8510 not only plugged in but running at the time. It
didn't even reboot. Just kept on plugging along. Nobody made
them like DEC did.
bill
Accordimg to certain individuals on this list,
going back a few years,
electronics/computers can be damaged due to an electrical storm,
presumably very intense activity, even while off. Go look through the
archives.
I have had two incidents where nearby lightning strikes blew out
components on gear I had. Many years ago, I had two computers connected
by a parallel port cable, and chips on both ends were popped by a strike
that might have hit power lines about two blocks away.
About a decade ago, we had a lightning strike that hit trees half a
block away. It took out an ethernet port on one computer, and blew out
a bunch of stuff on a burglar alarm I had built. Both involved long
wire runs.